Evening Star Newspaper, August 11, 1937, Page 15

SPOR1TS. - D. C. Held Eager for Top Tennis : Weight for-Age Races Turf Need FAN INTEREST HiH SEEN AS WILLING 10 PAY TO SEET Only Way to Obtain Stars Is to Provide for Their Complete Expensés. BY BILL DISMER, JR. ' ASHINGTON tennis tournaments never will be anything more than strictly local affairs un- til nationally ranking players can be influenced into wanting to come here— & condition which does not exist at present. “Further, it will cost money for Grade A racketers (and I'm not speaking of mere sectionally or State ranked stars) are accustomed to having their trans- portation to and from tournaments | and their upkeep while participating paid by the, committees. “But if they were brought here, their expenses guaranteed, there should be little trouble meeting them, for Wash- ingtonians have demonstrated in the past that they will pay to see good players, and I'm not speaking of two- bit admission fees.” He who was thus sounding off for the press prefers to keep his identity unknown, but we're telling you that it ‘was one who knows what he is talk- ing about and is highly regarded by tennis fans of the District. Shows It Is Possible. "’I‘HE big shots won't come here? Says who?" queries our enlight- " ened informer. “How about Allison and Van Ryn, and Budge and Mako and Bitsy Grant. They've all been here for the last two years at Chevy Chase Club's annual Spring m\'l'.ation‘ doubles tournament. And how have they come? On their own hook? No, but because their expenses were paid coming and going, and because they | were provided for while here. “Yeah, I know they were brought here by an individual and that their | performances were seen by a select | few who obtained cards to what al-| most amounted to private matches. | But how many people tried to buy | tickets and couldn't? Hundreds, | maybe thousands.” “Look what happened when Vines and Perry came here last Winter. At $2.20 top prices, Ritchie Coliseum was | & sellout. And why? Because Wash- | ingtonians wanted to see. literally were | starved for the sight of good tennis | players Washingtonians would pay the same | for outdoor matches, too, our subject | believes, even starting with the tourna- | ment’s first d play, were outstand- ing stars to appear. At present the| most local net officials have dared to | charge for any one session of a tourna- | ment has been 25 cents, and never | have they asked an admission price for | matches before the quarter-final rounds. | How It Is Done. 'A 8 A result, Tournament Committees | have been unable to bank on funds | to reimburse visiting players even if they could be persuaded to come. The usual procedure in inviting players to guch tournaments as Seabright, New- | port, Southampton, Rye and others is & letter stating the names of outstand- ing netmen already entered, the invi- tation itself and—the all-important | item—the agreement to relieve the in- | Vitee of any expense. The latter comes mainly from gate receipts, through a | medium rarely setting admission prices | above $1 } The fact that Washington has no | Rrass courts upon which most major | tournaments are plaved would recom- mend the date for any local big-time tournament to be held early in the | year. Indeed, if it were held in May 1t might be taken as a warm-up for the national clay court championships usually staged in June and in which | most of the first 10 ranking netmen usually make their seasonal debuts A “National Capital invitation” | gounds like %11 the class attached to Newport, Seabright or Southampton. We. like the exponent of the idea, think it would be as good as it sounds. | Horseshoes (Continued From Page A-14) has improved even over his brilliance ©of 1935 and '36, and the redoubtable | Clayton Henson of Arlington, who this week lost the Virginia title to Frye If these two hook up again one of | the finest exhibitions of ringer throw- | ing under pressure ever witnessed in this section of the country and .per- haps any other may result. They can't clash until the final, for Frye is secded at the top of the draw and Henson at the bottom. Henson eftered his match wita Deadpan the other evening under a | mental handicap. Automobile trouble made him half an hour late and ne plunged into the battle still irked by criticism of his terdiness, for which the tournament management apol- Ogized when “Boo” made his explana- tions. Cream of the Crop. RYE averaged more than 70 per cent ringers to conquer Henson, who clanked around 60. below his usual figure. Henson has tossed as many as 33 consecutive ringers under cham- pionship conditions. Those qualified to play for the metropolitan title are, from Washing- ton, Harry Saunders, Mel Johnson, Charles Heleker and Bill Woodfield; Virginia, Raymond Frye, Clayton Hen- son, Hoot Danzberger and Frank Fel- ton; Maryland, Lee Fleshman, State ehampion; Temp Jarrell, Joe Merry- man and Lem Sales. Consolation matches at McMillan to- night will determine a fifth representa- tive from each State and a sixteenth player will be picked from the high scorers of the qualifying round. In the Washington semi-finals Baunders defeated Mel Johnson, 60—27, 50—35, 50—20, and Woodfield trimmed Charley Heleker, 50—34, §0—22, 50—30. St. Paul. 19; Indianapoli Minneapolis.’ 8; Louisvill Milwaukee, 6: Columbus, Kansas City. 9—4; Toled Midatlantic. Springfield. 4: Portsmouth. 1 1811 14th ST N W Dkcatur 4220 TEN THE EVENING TAR, WASHINGTON NESDAY, AUGUST 11 1937 Newest Rasslin’ Champeen Tunes Up for Defense of His Crown | Bronko Nagurski, the former foot ball powerhouse who recently acquired the world wrestling title, and who will defend it for the first time tonight when he meets Vincent Lopez at Los Angeles, here shows how he keeps in condi- tion. Ray Richards, also a pro gridironer, is the victim of that headlock (upper SPORTS INRICK HANDICAPS Sande Asks More Events to Keep Ace 3-Year-Olds From Retirement. BY EARL SANDE. ARATOGA, August 11.—Horses past their third year can win a lot of money these days of rich handicaps, like the $100,000 Santa Anita, the $50,000 Widener Challenge Cup and the $50,000 Mas- sachusetts Handicap. Yet nore weight-for-age races would mean more | really first-class horses for handi- caps. A dearth of opportunities to ruz 1n weight-for-age contests at 4 years is what causes owners of outstanding classic-winning 3-year-olds to retire them to the stud. You know it takes a pretty keen | horse to be handicap chamri.n. For every time he wins he picks up & few additional pounds to carr;. Dis- | covery won so frequently he was asked to shoulder weights such as 140 | and give away from 10 to 50 pounds to all eligible rivals. Interesting Races Ahead. OT that the 1937 Midsummer handicaps aren't interesting, and the Autumn will feature cup events like the Saratoga Cup, Lawrence Real- ization and the Jockey Club Gold Cup for 3-year-olds and up. War Admiral now is training prom- | isingly for his engagements in the | Realization and Jockey Club Cup. I thought that one of these cup events—the relatively low-valued Sar- atoga Cup—was the best horse race ! of the enitre 1936 season | You probably will recall that Gran- | ville, leader of the 3-year-old di | sfon, | risk getting them beaten by a third- | C., 168, left), and also provided the Trilby by which Nagurski illustrates his version of the toe hold, while at the right Big Nag is demonstrating the airplane spin with Leo Papiano as the “fall guy.” —Copyright, A. P. Wirephotos. Dorothy May Bundy, Whose Parents Starred at Net, to Oppose British. By the Associated Press. EW YORK, August 11.—Doro- thy May Bundy, heiress to a family tradition of topnotch tennis, has been named with Alice Marble, Helen’ Hull Jacobs, Mrs. Sarah Palfrey Fabyan, Carolin Bab- bock and Mrs. Marjorie Gladman Van Ryn to the United States Wightman Cup team, which will meet the Brit- ish team at Forest Hills August 20 and 21. Miss Bundy's mother and father were both promifient in American tennis. Her mother, May Sutton Bundy. was national singles champion in 1904 and won the singles title at ‘Wimbledon in 1905 and 1907. Thomas E. McLoughlin, another Californian, to win the national championships in 1912, 1913 and 1914, as well as earn similar honors on Davis Cup teams. Maostly Californians. WXTH the exception of Mrs. Fabyan, who is from Boston, and the non-playing captain and donor of the | cup, Mrs. Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman, also from Boston, all the players are Calffornians. Miss Jacobs, Mrs. Van Ryn, Mrs. Fabyan and Miss Babcock were members of last year's team. The team will start practice at the West Side Tennis Club in Forest Hills next week for the fifteenth Wightman Cup matches. The United States has held the Cup for the last six years, England’s last victory coming at Wim- bledon in 1930. Youth, Experienced Mixed. THE introduction of Miss Bundy, who made this season's Eastern | debut at Seabright in July, gives the team a nice mixture of experience and youth. Miss Jacobs, Mrs. Fabyan | and Mrs. Van Ryn are all veterans. The British team, after campaign- ing in Canada, already has started practice at Forest Hills. It includes Kay Stammers, the world’s seventh ranking woman player; Mary Hard- wick, who beat Miss Stammers in London; Joan Ingram, Margot Lumb and Evelyn Dearman. CANT YOU SEE (VE GOT THE JITTERS? | WALTER JOHNSON |title yesterday, Holly Fhompson of C. Bundy, her father, was a noted ! Chevy Chase rallied to win the sec- | doubles player. He paired with Maurice 20 Years Ago IN THE STAR. let the league-leading Chicago White 8ox down with one hit yesterday in the Griffs’ 4-0 victory. Tris Speaker and George Sisler, each with a percentage of .348, are tied for runner-up position to Ty Cobb, who still leads by many lengths with .381, in the American League batting race. John F. Murrell, A. J. Lank, John W. Hurley and W. N. Beahm were members of the party that landed more than 200 fish down on the Patuxent recently. GIRLS REPLAY TILT FOR TENNIS HONORS Betty Jacob, After Uphill Fight to Deadlock Molly Thompson, Favors Weakened Foe. ITHIN one game of losing the | girls' junior playground tennis ,ond set and tie her match with Betty | | Jacob of Montrose, only to acquiesce |to the heat-weakened condition of her |opponent and agree to replay the en- tire match today. It was a case of tennis etiquette bowing to the spirit instilled in young- sters by the playground department, for ordinary tournament rules would have compelled Miss Jacob to default when she proved unable to continue. Miss Jacob had taken the first set, 6—4, and was leading, 5—3, in the second when Miss Thompson started the rally which led to her eventual 9—7 victory. They were to start all over again this morning, with the doubles final, involving Miss Thompson with Margo Fink and Miss Jacob with Harriet | Gordon, postponed until tomorrow. Sports Mirror By the Associated Press. | the first of the two best in three heats. Today a year ago—Cardinals re- gained National League lead as Dizzy Dean defeated Cubs, 7-3, in tilt marked by fight between Diz and Tex Carleton. Three years ago—Wilmer Alli- son won Longwood Bowl singles for second time, defeating Berkeley Bell in final. Five years ago—Eleanor Holm captured 100-meter back-stroke for United States at Los Angeles Olympics. Given Edge Over Twilight| Song, Schnapps—Goshen By the Associated Press. OSHEN, N. Y. August 11— G Just plain folk, some 40,000 strong, moved in on this lit- the twelfth Hambletorian as the mag- net. ters the sport could assemble were named for the race, richest of light close to $40,000. The field was to parade to the post IN 40,000 TROT ’ Thronged for Race. Park avenue, Broadway and tle horse-loving community todsy with Twelve of the finest 3-year-old trot- harness horse stakes, with a value of at 2 pm. (Eastern standard time) for Two hours or more later, depending on the number of heats, the owner of the wkinner was to pocket approxi- mately $20,000, with the remainder divided among the next five horses, Goshen's hospitality was taxed to the utmost, but the natives enjoyed it As for the race itself, it figured to be & three-horse affair, involving De- sota, owned by Paul Bowser, Boston wrestling impresario; Schnapps, seek- " WOMAN BOWLERS MEET. ‘Teams wishing to retain their fran- chises are requested to send repre- sentatives to the meeting of the Ladies’ Independent Bowling League at 8 pm.. tomorrow at the Arcadia Bowling Alleys. DIST- 2775 | LICKED MORNING - AFTER THE PASTER THAT RACKET BROMO-SELTZER WAY DRIVES ME NUTS! /%, sy FASTER, doctozs pwovzel ® Doctors proved Bromo-Seltzer FASTER than any morning-after remedy they tested! It does more, too. Relieves headache pain —settles the stomach—calms nerves. And ALKALIZES At all it handy [ reduces excess acid. tores—soda fountains, Keep ome, too. ing a second Hambletonian victory for | the Winston-Salem, N. C. tobacco magnate, W. N. Reynolds, and Twi- | light Song. pride of Bill Strang’s New York-owned stables. Desota Jumps to Front. ESOTA, & $7.500 investment as a | yearling, jumped into the spot tion and carried off the early honors | Pers and get light imposts by having | most sporting on the Grand Circuit. He won one heat of the National Stakes st Old | Orchard Beach, Me., in 2:02', took an overnight event at the same track and then whipped his two chief rivals | in the American Stakes a week ago at | Agawam, Mass. As the result, Desota was installed | them because of their box-office ap- | duce fields too and the handicap champion Discovery, were the only two starters, with the 3-year-old winning | One seldom sees the classic-winning | 3-year-olds in the handicaps, however. | One reason is owners don't care to | rater because some handicapper puts | too much weight on them. Standouts Fairly Treated. ND sportsmen can't stoop to h | things as trying to fool handicap- | a champion beaten by ordinary horses in an ordinary race, | In some sections they wouldn't have to, anyway, because a maximt of 130 pounds is set for the riche handicaps This means a standout would not be overburdened. Besides, tracks want light less than a month ago after |the 3-2 favorite, with Schnapps and | peal. Schnapps and Twilight Song had | dominated the 1936 2-year-old situa- | Blowouts . ..’ EVERY ply is @ Safety Ply / ‘SAFE ' MILEAGE NO EXTRA BAILEY’S TIRE STORES ALFRED STIDHAM-Distributor 14th & P Sts. N.W. 9th & H Sts. N.E. Twilight Song held at 3-1 and 9-2, re- ] spectiv Replace I'm not criticizing anybody, but I/ do want consideration for a sugges- ! ST NGE Sports Program For Local Fans TODAY. Base Ball. Philadelphia vs. Griffith Stadium, 3:15 TOMORROW. Base Ball. Philadelphta vs. Griffith Stadjum, 3:15, FRIDAY. Ease Ball. Boston vs. Washington, Griffith Stadium, 3:15. SATURDAY. Base Ball. Boston vs. Washington, Griffith Stadium, 3. D.C. PLAYERIS JOINT GOLF PACE-SETTER Balestri and Peters Have 1595 at Halfway Mark—Merkle Has 163 and Perry 168. By the Associated Press. BALTIMORE, August 11.—A Wash- ington, D. C., bookbinder and a Grand Rapids, Mich,, linotype apprentice led a field of 100 into the third round of the Union Printers’ International Golf Association tourney here today. With 36 holes of the 72-hole test behind them. Joe Balestri of Wash- ington and 20-year-old Bobby Peters of Grand Rapids were tied with 159s to set the pace. Close behind was Johnny Klein of Lancaster, Pa., with a card of 161 for the two days of play. The three leaders, in company with the rest of the contestants, ran into trouble on the second round yes- terday with Peters’ 80 as the day's low card. Ed Merkle, Washington, D. C., the defending champion, carded an 83 to trail Klein by two strokes in the totals. His 163 was equaled by Ed Gabelman of Cincinnati Others still within hailing distance of the title included Jim Matthews, Miami, Fla., 165; Claude Schell, Read- ing, Pa., 164; Ed Sickinger, Chicago, 166, and Bobby Perry, Washington, D., { Washington, Washington, tion that tracks offer more and richer weight-for-age races The Hawthorne Gold Cup was, in my estimation, one of the best ard races on the calendar, the top 3-vear-old andicap performer frequently pi against the top at scale weight That's & horse-against-horse prop- osition, neither asking nor giving any- thing in the way of weights I feel fans would like more such races. 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